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Man, 20, receives 19 years for Federal Way murder in 2023
Forks pleaded guilty to second-degree murder after prosecutors said he shot a 27-year-old man twice outside an Arco station.
- On Nov. 6, King County Superior Court Judge Taki Flevaris sentenced Taurean Curtis Sonnell Forks to 19 years, four months in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting of Donald Harris at a Federal Way Arco gas station.
- Surveillance video captured the July 15, 2023, incident where Forks, then 17, shot Harris twice without provocation; charging documents state the two men had never spoken or met before the encounter.
- King County Sheriff's Office detectives tracked down Forks four months after the shooting, arresting him Nov. 4, 2023, in Fife before he pleaded guilty on Aug. 27 to second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement.
- Because Forks committed the crime while under 18, he will serve his 232-month sentence at a state Department of Children, Youth and Families facility, plus 36 months of community custody after release.
- Family members of Harris addressed the court during the sentencing hearing at the Maleng Regional Justice Center, where Judge Flevaris denied a defense request to shield the defendant's face from public view.
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Man, 20, receives 19 years for Federal Way murder in 2023
A judge sentenced a 20-year-old Tacoma man to 19 years, four months in prison for the fatal shooting of a 27-year-old man in 2023 at a Federal Way gas station.
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